From owner-freebsd-questions Sun May 5 10:22:37 1996 Return-Path: owner-questions Received: (from root@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.3/8.7.3) id KAA27646 for questions-outgoing; Sun, 5 May 1996 10:22:37 -0700 (PDT) Received: from jbrann.dialup.access.net (jbrann.dialup.access.net [166.84.193.118]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.3/8.7.3) with SMTP id KAA27641 for ; Sun, 5 May 1996 10:22:32 -0700 (PDT) Received: (from jbrann@localhost) by jbrann.dialup.access.net (8.6.12/8.6.12) id NAA15231; Sun, 5 May 1996 13:25:57 -0400 Message-Id: <199605051725.NAA15231@jbrann.dialup.access.net> Subject: Re: install on a notebook To: ABaro3000@aol.com Date: Sun, 5 May 1996 13:25:57 -0400 (EDT) Cc: questions@freebsd.org (freeq) In-Reply-To: <960505105302_106996702@emout19.mail.aol.com> from "ABaro3000@aol.com" at "May 5, 96 10:53:02 am" From: John Brann Reply-To: John Brann Organisation: Not while I'm at home X-Mailer: ELM [version 2.4ME+ PL13 (25)] MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: owner-questions@freebsd.org X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk ABaro3000@aol.com wrote... > Hello freebsd team > > i want install freebsd on my notebook. I startet the bootdisk in the floppy > and after a while it breaks down and the pc beginns to boot again. Can > freebsd work on a > notebook or is there something wrong with my notebook ? > > Greetings > > Andreas > Yes, FreeBSD does run successfully on many notebooks. We need MUCH more information in order to be able to help, start with - Version of FreeBSD you are trying to install, What you see on the screen during the boot process Model of notebook, with amount of memory, video chipset (if known), amount of disk, etc. How you propose to do the installation (from DOS/nfs/FTP/CD-ROM...) Regards, John -- Beavis and Butt-Head; Vladimir and Estragon for the '90s. finger jbrann@panix.com for pgp public key